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This is the second in a series of Agency background papers for the Agriculture Update (not including the overview). This paper discuss the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and it's role in American nutrition. The paper is a product of the Agriculture Update Committee.

This is the third in a series of Agency background papers for the Agriculture Update (not including the overview). This paper discuss the Environmental Protection Agency and concerns of environmental pollution and reviews and registers toxic materials both at the level of use and as residues in food, air and water. The paper is a product of the Agriculture Update Committee.

This is the seventh in the technology series of papers for the Agriculture Update. In the past two decades, four important trends have emerged in the livestock sector: (1) growth and concentration; (2) shifting geographic location; (3) increasing scale; and (4) the movement of meat processing from urban centers to rural communities.